The above is the original trailer for Bare Soles Bare Soul (BSBS), a 4-part series of intimate portraits which highlight the impact of African Dance on Black women in Oakland, CA. The women in the series reveal that their dance practice allows them to improve upon of a primary struggle: self-preservation. And therein lies the gem of BSBS. With dignity and vulnerability, these women maintain that they’ve practiced African dance for more than fifteen years each, in order to maintain their sense of balance, dignity and purpose beyond studio – in their homes, workplace, community and beyond.

After screening to live audiences of over 1000 people combined, we bring YOU Bare Soles Bare Souls online, to watch from the comfort of... wherever you may be! Don't wait. Watch now to be entertained, uplifted and inspired <3

Images by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Co-Producer & Director of Photography, at the SOLD OUT Premiere of
BARE SOLES BARE SOUL at Oakland's Historic Grand Lake Theater

DIRECTOR / WRITER / CHOREOGRAPHER / PRODUCER:
Chance the Rapper on Saturday Night Live! (TV)
Casa de Spirits (by Gueneveur-Smith for Campo Santo, Theater)
An Open Love Letter to Black Fathers: A Choreopoem (Dance-Theater)
Seeds of Peace (Dance-Theater)
Root Medicine (Dance-Theater)
In The Meantime (for Kendra Kimbrough Dance Ensemble)
Beauty, THE Beast (Dance-Theater)
The East Oakland Wiz (Musical Theater for Alliance Academy)

HIGHLIGHTED PERFORMANCES:
Kanye West's Sunday Service at Coachella
CURREN$Y by Dan Wolf
Scourge & Pehlotah by Marc Bamuthi Joseph | The Living Word Project 
Sea of Dreams w/ Zap Mama 
Distant Relatives Tour w/ Nas & Damian Marley (Fox Theater, Oakland)
ASE Dance Theatre Collective
And If We Shadows & Echo’s Reach w/ City Circus
Cinderella w/ The African American Shakespeare Company
A New Fire by Cherrie Moraga | Cihuatl Productions
Hair, the Musical w/ Willows Theater
Superheroes, Babylon is Burning & Ethos de Masquerade w/ Campo Santo​

PRESENTED BY:
National Performance Network | AfroSolo Festival |
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | La Pena Cultural Center |
Youth Speaks | LA Women's Theater Festival | SF Juneteenth Festival |
Dance Brigade's D.I.R.T. Festival | The Univ. of Wisconsin's Filipino Student Association

TELEVISION:
FitBit Commercial (OCP)
Facebook Commercial (BG)
Sense8 Episode (BG)
FOX, HULU, Disney/Freeform, ABC, NBC & HBO (Director/Showrunner Asst)

EDUCATION:
Master of Arts Degree in Ethnic Studies (SFSU)
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Ethnic Studies (Cal State East Bay)
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Kinesiology (SFSU)

Photos by Bethanie Hines

Delina on Blog Talk Radio!

Photo by Hardy Wilson

On "Wanda's Picks", Brooks talks about her work, the matter of our lives, and the importance of telling our stories. Other guests include:
Gregory Dawson (DawsonDanceSF), Raissa Simpson (PUSH Dance Company) and Kendra Kimbrough Barnes & Laura E. Ellis (The Black Choreographers Festival)!  
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(Suggested start time: 1h51m)

FUNDING AWARDS:
Akonadi Foundation*
Alliance for CA Traditional Arts*
Berkeley Film Foundation
City of Oakland's Cultural Funding Program*
East Bay Community Foundation*
East Bay Fund for Artists
Sam Mazza Foundation
Theatre Bay Area Ca$H Grants
Wallace A. Gerbode Foundation*
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Zellerbach Family Foundation*

*Indicates multiple annual awards

PRODUCTION AWARDS:
Isadora Duncan "Izzie" Award
Winner Outstanding Ensemble Performance
"An Open Love Letter to Black Fathers"
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Isadora Duncan "Izzie" Award
Nomination Best Sound, Music & Text
"An Open Love Letter to Black Fathers"
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PUSH Festival's
Winner Audience Choice Award
"In The Meantime"
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Isadora Duncan "Izzie" Award
​Nomination Best Sound, Music & Text
"Beauty, THE Beast"

DELINA'S TV PRODUCTION WORK:
Grown-ish  (Freeform)
Insecure  (HBO)
Woke  (Hulu)
Grand Crew (NBC)
None of the Above (ABC

FISCAL SPONSORS
Diamano Coura W. African Dance Company
Dimensions Dance Theater
Impact Hub, Oakland
Youth Speaks
Zaccho Dance Theatre

Photo by Bethanie Hines

​​​"Profound" - SF Chronicle, 2018

Published "A Call to Move" in In Dance, 2016

"Truth Telling With Love" Blog Written by Elizabeth Costello, 2016

Published in The Journal of Pan African Studies, Vol. 6, No. 10 2016

Critic's Pick! East Bay Express, 2015

"Commanding... Fierce"  SF Gate, 2014

"Irresistibly Lively" SF Gate, 2014

"Wonderfully Delicate" SF Gate, 2010

"A versatile performer who’s got the moves" Contra Costa Times, 2009

"...Knows how to move and modulate her voice to get the blood boiling." SF Bay Times, 2008
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